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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Agricola's third year in Britain, he focused on what in particular?
2. In the Introduction, Mattingly claims the Germans needed what if they were to ever reach maturity?
3. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The Agricola"?
4. The beginning years of British conquest can be described as __________.
5. What benefit was there for Agricola when he married Domitia Decidiana?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Tacitus compare the German tribes' religious beliefs to each other and to the Romans?
2. How did Agricola use surprise to attack Anglesey?
3. Tacitus described marriage in German cultures. According to his description, what were common gifts between a man and woman that were to be married? What did the gifts symbolized?
4. Describe the state of the Roman army as Tacitus believed it to be in Britain during peacetime.
5. Who were Titus and Domitian and what was their relationship to the Roman Empire?
6. Why did Tacitus provide so much British history in "The Agricola?"
7. "The Germania" is the study of what in particular? Why was Tacitus so concerned?
8. How did Tacitus describe Fenni life and how they reached a state of contentment that was far from Roman life?
9. Why did Tacitus believe it was unlikely the Germans were immigrants from elsewhere?
10. Compare Britain's geographical location according to Tacitus' knowledge and to how it is known today.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tacitus was a senator under various rulers, both good and bad. What challenges were there and how did he deal with them? What were some possible reasons he reacted the way he did? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
What evidence in "The Agricola" shows the story was as much a eulogy as a biography?
Essay Topic 3
Despite Tacitus' claimed that Germans seemed pure without intermarriages of other cultures, how did his work "The Germania" show otherwise. What evidence shows mixture of culture, habit, morals, ethics, and beliefs?
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